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Simmel studied philosophy and history at the University of Berlin. In 1881 he received his doctorate for his thesis "The Nature of Matter According to Kant's Physical Monadology". He became a Privatdozent at the University of Berlin in 1885. His lectures were not only popular inside the university, but attracted the intellectual elite of Berlin as well.
Although his applications for vacant chairs at German universities were supported by Max Weber, Simmel remained an academic outsider. Only in 1901 was he elevated to the rank of extraordinary professor (full professor but without a chair; see the German section at ProfessorA professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. Overview Professors give lectures and seminars in their field of study, such as science or literature. They also do advanced research in their fields and are supposed to d). At that time he was well-known throughout Europe and America and was seen as a man of great eminence.
Simmel nevertheless continued his intellectual and academic work, taking part in artistic circles as well as being a cofounder of the German Society for Sociology , together with Max Weber and Ferdinand ToenniesFerdinand Tonnies ( July 26, 1855, near Oldenswort ( Eiderstedt) April 9, 1936, Kiel, Germany) was a German sociologist. He was a major contributor to sociological theory and field studies, as well as bringing Thomas Hobbes back on the agenda, by publishi. This life at the meeting point of university and society, arts and philosophy was possible because Simmel had been the heir to a fortune from his appointed guardian.
He befriended many well-known men, e.g. Max Weber, Rainer Maria RilkeRainer Maria Rilke (born 4 December 1875 in Prague; died 29 December 1926 in Val-Mont ( Switzerland)) was an important poet in the German language. Life 1875- 1896 He was born as Rene Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke in Prague on 4 December 1875., Stefan GeorgeStefan George ( Bingen, Hesse, July 12, 1868 Locarno, December 4, 1933) was a German poet and translator. Work George's poetry was categorised by an aristocratic and remote ethos; his verse was formal in style, lyrical in tone, and often arcane in languag and Edmund HusserlEdmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl ( April 8, 1859 April 26, 1938), philosopher, was born into a Jewish family in Prossnitz, Moravia (Prostejov, Czech Republic), Empire of Austria-Hungary. He is known as the "father" of phenomenology. He was a pupil of Franz.
In 1890Events January 2 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U. White House. January 25 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 Leon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest he married Gertrud Kinel. A philosopher in her own right, she published under the pseudonymA pseudonym or allonym is a name (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious) used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name. Pseudonyms in print When used by authors, a pseudonym is also called a pen name or (in French) nom de pl Marie-Luise Enckendorf . They lived a sheltered and bourgeois life, their home becoming a venue for cultivated gatherings in the tradition of the salon.
Only in 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos did Simmel received an ordinary professorship with chair, at the then German University of Strasbourg. Because of the outbreak of World War I, all academic activities and lectures were halted as lecture halls were converted to military hospitals. In 1915 he applied - without success - for a chair at the University of Heidelberg.
Shortly before the end of the war in 1918, he died from liver cancer.